The ‘Sea Stallions’ were established in May 1978 and currently fly the MH-53E Sea Stallion out of NAS Norfolk, VA. They were one of the squadrons called upon after Desert Storm to clear mines from the Gulf. This is one of their detachment patches created for their Det-II while onboard the USS Iwo Jima and it states “Southbound Troopers” on the diagonal stripe, very similar to the Army’s Air Cavalry.
